Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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commercial carrier journal | february 2016 51 I n March 2014, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed an electronic logging device mandate that would re- place its 395.15 standards for voluntary use of automatic onboard recording devices. After reviewing the proposal, technology suppliers said they would need 12 months or more to update their current products once a final ELD rule was published. The final rule came Dec. 16. Suppli- ers now are gearing up to offer ELDs in advance of a two-year enforcement deadline, but there is no need to rush. Fleets that purchase AOBRD technol- ogy by December 2017 will have until December 2019 to convert to ELD technology. Most AOBRD products on the market today will be able to convert to ELDs through an over-the-air soft- ware update. When suppliers begin to release new ELD versions, possibly beginning this year, AOBRDs still could be on the market through 2019. One possibility for suppliers is to re- lease updates that meet the ELD rule as they become available. This phased-in approach would give fleets and drivers a way to become familiar with the changes one step at a time. E-logs set to become ELDs BY AARON HUFF